Water use inspections decreased by an average of 50% between 2018 and 2023

% change in water use inspections between 2018-19 and 2022-23, by Environment Agency operational area

Kent, south London and East Sussex

-67

Greater Manchester, Merseyside and Cheshire

-66

East Anglia

-61

Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire

-61

Cumbria and Lancashire

-61

West Midlands

-59

Solent and South Downs

-54

Average

-49

Devon, Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly

-48

Hertfordshire and north London

-43

Wessex

-29

East Midlands

-26

North-east

-13

Yorkshire

-11

Thames

+2

-80

-70

-60

-50

-40

-30

-20

-10

0

Kent, south London and East Sussex

Greater Manchester, Merseyside and Cheshire

East Anglia

Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire

Cumbria and Lancashire

West Midlands

Solent and South Downs

Average

Devon, Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly

Hertfordshire and north London

Wessex

East Midlands

North-east

Yorkshire

Thames